The public is divided over last week’s Supreme Court rulings on same-sex marriage: 45% approve of the court’s decisions, while 40% disapprove. The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center conducted June 27-30 among 1,003 adults, finds that most Americans are aware of the ruling and its implications. Two-thirds […] Read more »
America’s Voice/Latino Decisions 2016 Presidential Poll
… This poll of Latino presidential voters—people who have voted in the past two presidential elections and are extremely likely to turn out in 2016—shows that the Republican Party cannot win the threshold 38-42% of Latino voters that it needs to be competitive in a national election unless and until […] Read more »
Hey GOP: Mexican Immigrants Aren’t Necessarily Democrats
Once you get past all of the posturing, opposition to immigration reform among congressional Republicans is at least partially based on self-preservation. There is a widespread belief that Mexican immigrants who become citizens are overwhelmingly disposed to vote Democratic. Newly published research suggests that’s a complete misreading of the facts. […] Read more »
Big Growth Could Shake Up Texas’ Old Political Equation
… Anglos are no longer the majority in Texas, and Hispanics are expected to outnumber Anglos within about a decade. … Democrats haven’t won a statewide election in Texas in almost two decades. But if they could capture a large share of that fast-growing Hispanic population — as they have […] Read more »
Race and voting after the Voting Rights Act: What you need to know
Last Tuesday, a narrow Supreme Court majority struck down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act. … Most observers are skeptical that Congress has the will to craft a new formula, despite the apparent support of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.). … Any revisiting of this formula has to take […] Read more »
The Wrong Fix for the Wrong Problem
In the wake of the 2012 election, Republicans have been treated to seemingly endless prophecies of doom. Many have come from liberal Democrats, who would happily see the demise of the GOP. But more than a few Republicans have also made the case that the party must either change or […] Read more »